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Category - Antique Rifles - Matchlock - Rifles - Japanese

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Antique Rifles - Matchlock
Rifles - Japanese

SILVER INLAID Antique JAPANESE MATCHLOCK “Tanegashima” ARQUEBUS .52 Musket Fascinating Ancient Weaponry w/INLAID SILVER INLAYS

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SILVER INLAID Antique JAPANESE MATCHLOCK “Tanegashima” ARQUEBUS .52 Musket

Fascinating Ancient Weaponry w/INLAID SILVER INLAYS

Here we present an antique Silver Inlaid Japanese Matchlock Tanegashima Arquebus Musket. This was a more refined matchlock musket that utilized a lock and trigger mechanism instead of the more primitive hand-held match. Use of this type of firearm in Japan dates to the mid-16th Century, when the Portuguese brought this 15th Century European concept to the shores of the Japanese Island of Tanegashima, for which the musket is named. With just a few examples, Japanese swordsmiths were able to duplicate and produce their own on a large scale, forever changing how wars would be fought in Japan by the end of the 16th Century. They proved decisive in settling the internal wars, so that Japan lived in relative peace and isolation for the next 250 years. The Tanegashima continued to be produced and used until about the end of the Edo Period, when Commodore Perry established contact in the mid-19th Century. Conflict again rose to the surface but was decided by modern weapons of the period.

This is a very interesting weapon when comparing it to those most of us are familiar with today. These were not shoulder-fired weapons, so they do not have a provision to brace the stock against one’s body. A braided cord, known as the “slow match”, would have a burning ember at the end. The slow match is held by the spring-loaded arm known as the “serpentine”. The serpentine is put into the cocked position when ready to fire, and the hinged cover moved from over the flash pan. A simple pull of the trigger plunged the serpentine and the slow match into the flash pan, detonating the charge within the gun. The top of the barrel bears beautiful silver floral décor inlayed into the barrel.

The overall condition is very good. Flower and butterfly motifs remain visible on the barrel. The action is functional. The bore is smooth and dim. The stock has a minor split on either side of the breech of the barrel and remains solid otherwise. These are downright rare in the U.S. and this one is a great value with the aesthetic beauty and history that it represents!

Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.

Barrel is 25-5/8 inches.

Caliber: .52 Matchlock

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$2400

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Antique: Yes